Re: how make the debian bootable
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:58:48 -0800
Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 11:54:52AM -0800, ann kok wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I use tar to copy from one harddrive to 2nd harddrive
>
> this doesn't do what you think it does. it only copies files from one
> hard drive to another.
> >
> > then i put the harddrive to another same harddrive
> > computer. how can I make it bootable?
> >
>
> you need to edit the partition table to make the particular partition
> bootable *and* you need to install a boot loader in either the MBR or
> in the partition's BR.
AFAIK grub can boot a partition if it is bootable or not, otherwise you
couldn't have multi-boot setups. But you probably need to put it in the
MBR for that (and not on a partition).
Regards,
Andrei
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